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Hog Roast for a Wake in Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire
Roasted for hours, carved to order and served hot: a hog roast for the wake in Lower Shiplake and across Oxfordshire.
- Scattering-of-ashes gatherings
- Anniversary memorials
- Pub and club wakes
Book a hog roast in Lower Shiplake
Planners, venues and businesses
Venues frequently have rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Check early, and tell us what they ask for.
If you are a venue or event planner, we can fit around your other suppliers, sharing timings and a site plan.
Funeral wake catering near Lower Shiplake
Served on plates with salads and potatoes, a hog roast is a full meal. There are alternatives for those who don’t eat pork. On the menu are new potatoes, roast pork in rolls or on plates and apple sauce, and typical bookings are for home wakes and life celebrations.
In rural Lower Shiplake, home or the hall is usual, with the roaster in the yard or garden. We plan the timings around your day, because the roast has to start hours before you eat, so the food is ready at the right moment.
- Where
- Lower Shiplake (RG9)
- Area hub
- Oxfordshire
- On the menu
- Hog roast rolls, stuffing, apple sauce, crackling
- Also available
- Chicken, lamb, halloumi skewers and a vegan option
- Quote
- Quoted for your event
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Why choose a hog roast in Lower Shiplake?
Some families mix a hog roast with cakes brought by friends, which is fine with us. Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, plus travel and access. Every booking is different, which is why each one gets its own quote.
Why book with us
- We bring everything to cook and serve
- Our staff serve and clear
- A choice of salads and potatoes
- Rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
Read our prices page or what a hog roast costs.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
With a bit of planning, dietary needs are easier to handle. A few tips:
- Halal isn’t offered, so arrange it separately
- Keep the alternatives labelled
- Ask close family about dietary needs
- Give us numbers for the alternatives
We hold the food if people are delayed; just let us know.
Serve on plates with salads and potatoes for a sit-down meal.
What a hog roast costs
Each booking is quoted on its own, based on a few main things:
- Plates or china
- Travel to Lower Shiplake
- The serving time and how long we are on site
- The number of people
Distance is part of the price: travel is included in your quote, with any London charges listed. Tell us the exact address for an accurate figure.
What to tell us
The more we know, the more accurate the quote. Please include:
- A photo of the cooking area
- An estimate of numbers
- Allergies we should know about
- Anything the venue has asked for
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat. We’ll confirm availability and send a price. Send us your details through our quote form.
Who books funeral wake catering in Lower Shiplake?
Quiet, respectful service.
Lots of different events suit a hog roast. Typical bookings include:
- Gatherings after scattering ashes
- Memorial gatherings
- Family get-togethers after a service
- Celebration-of-life gatherings
With the A4155 nearby, it is easy for family travelling by car to reach Lower Shiplake.
What to look for in a quote
- How dietary needs are handled
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- Travel and any London charges
- Whether VAT is included
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Lower Shiplake: your questions answered
Is Lower Shiplake close to London?
About 34 miles from central London.
We’re gathering after a service at Church of St Mary: can you cater?
Yes, at a nearby hall, home or venue with room to cook outside. Churches rarely have space for a hog roast, so the food is typically elsewhere. Send us the address.
What about guests who do not eat pork?
We can add lamb or chicken, plus halloumi skewers for vegetarians and a vegan burger or sausage. We don’t provide halal meat.
Who serves?
You don’t need anyone else: our chef carves and our team serves and clears.
How long does a hog roast take to cook?
A whole hog roasts for several hours, so we arrive well before you want to eat. We plan the timings from when you want to eat.
Do you leave the area tidy?
We pack everything away after service, so you are not left with the mess.
What if people arrive late?
That is fine: a cooked roast can be held for a while.
Do you cover Lower Shiplake?
We do. Tell us the venue or postcode and we will confirm availability.
What comes off the roaster
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Salads, new potatoes, coleslaw and roast or jacket potatoes turn rolls into a full meal, especially at a sit-down event.
Stuffing and apple sauce
No hog roast roll is complete without sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce, balancing the rich, salty pork.
The process
We take care of everything from the first hour of roasting to clearing away, so you can enjoy your wake. Autumn and winter afternoons in Lower Shiplake get dark early: about 7:05pm in late September and 3:55pm in December, so a later wake may need lighting outside.
- Share the date, place and rough numbers.
- We confirm availability and send a price.
- We set up and roast while you’re at the service.
- We serve quietly as people gather.
- We tidy up and leave without fuss.
Before we arrive
- Check there’s a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
Getting a price
We need a few details to quote: your date, your venue or postcode, how many people and any menu choices. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Planning the cooking spot
The roaster needs the right spot, because it cooks outside for several hours, and a little planning goes a long way:
- A hall or room for eating
- Clearance from walls and branches
- One contact on the day
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
On the menu in Lower Shiplake
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Hog roast rolls
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Rotisserie chicken
- New potatoes
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Coleslaw
- Salads
Lower Shiplake: halls, homes and travel
Lower Shiplake is about 4 miles north of Woodley, in Oxfordshire. Lower Shiplake and the surrounding area are covered for wakes. Lower Shiplake is one of 443 towns and villages in Oxfordshire where we cater. You can also see our page for Reading, about 6 miles away.
After a service at Church of St Mary, a wake at a hall or home close by means less travelling for everyone. For family travelling by train, Shiplake station serves Lower Shiplake directly.
Anywhere in RG9, we can roast on site for your guests, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Local streets include Station Road, Oaks Road and Quarry Lane; a wake on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. Lower Shiplake sits on or near the A4155, which makes travel to your wake easy. We also bring hog roasts to wakes in Wargrave (1 mile south-east), Cockpole Green (2 miles north-east), Remenham Hill (2 miles north), Bowsey Hill (2 miles east) and Remenham (3 miles north). We also serve nearby towns such as Benson (12 miles north-west), Chinnor (13 miles north), Tilehurst (7 miles south-west), Wallingford (12 miles north-west), Little Heath (8 miles south-west) and Oakley (13 miles north).
Nearby you’ll also find Frazer Nash Archives (1.3 miles north) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (5.2 miles south-west). Open spaces near Lower Shiplake include South Lake and Sonning Hill.
- Local schools include Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School (1.6 miles south-east)
- Local pubs include The Baskerville pub (within half a mile east)
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards